Size of Human Figure Drawing and Goodenough-Harris Scores of Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Pilot Study
- 1 June 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 60 (3) , 911-914
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1985.60.3.911
Abstract
Human figure drawings of 12 pediatric oncology patients were significantly smaller in height, width, and area than were drawings of 12 school children and 12 pediatric general surgery patients paired for sex and age. The Goodenough-Harris scores of the cancer patients' drawings were also significantly lower than those of both school and general surgery groups. It is hypothesized that anxiety, lowered self-esteem, and the effects of chemotherapy contributed to these findings.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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